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00:31Hello, everybody. Let's start you up for another Countdown this Friday afternoon.
00:35Try your best over 15 rounds of letters and numbers, but alas, you can't always get what you want.
00:41But here's Rachel Riley, Wild Horses. Wouldn't keep her away from Countdown. How are you?
00:45I mean, I know they're all musical references, but I couldn't tell you how, what, where, who, how.
00:49Well, they're all Rolling Stones, so let me throw another one at you.
00:52Yeah, brown sugar. It topped the Billboard 100 on this day in 1971, which means, and you're going to love
00:59this, it's time for a music food quiz.
01:03Oh, food.
01:04And you're the only contestant.
01:06Okay, well, I like the food element.
01:07Right, you're having that quiz. It feels like an ageist.
01:09Okay, go on.
01:10Right, so these are clues of food-themed songs, right?
01:16And I'm trying not to be too nerdy. I think you'll do very well here.
01:19Right, this regal singer.
01:23Okay.
01:23That's going to give you the artist.
01:25Prince.
01:25Yes, releases a song about a hat fool.
01:28Raspberry beret.
01:30Yes, come on, yes.
01:33Fats found his thrill on this hill.
01:37Blueberry.
01:38Shush, Levi, it wasn't your quiz.
01:41Found a friend.
01:42Found a friend.
01:43Levi roots the dictionary.
01:44Blueberry.
01:45Blueberry hill, yes.
01:46Well done.
01:47Well, listen, seeing as Levi thinks he's really good at this, let me throw one over to him then as
01:51we head to dictionary corner.
01:53Susie Dent, listen, you're not just about words.
01:55If you want to chip in, you can, right?
01:57Okay.
01:58My girl changed to my boy with Barbie gay in the 50s and Millie Small in the 60s when she
02:06released this sweet single.
02:08Lollipop.
02:09Yes, well done.
02:11Congratulations.
02:13Right, Levi, well, listen, your goose is cooked after today.
02:16It's your last day.
02:17Dictionary corner for now.
02:18And you've been in the company all week of our brand new champion.
02:23Crono Yoon has won four now, going for the fifth today, which would be just sensational.
02:30We know you love to travel, usually running marathons and half marathons, but young enough to backpack as well.
02:36So when you pack up the bags, you just take off across all of Europe?
02:39I did Turkey and Greece, that area, for about a month and a half.
02:45Yeah, and that was beautiful.
02:46Like, Turkey, Greece.
02:48I mean, like, I could go back, like, just do another two or three months.
02:53Well, listen, you're up against the well-traveled Norfolk nurse, Louise Williamson, who's here.
02:58Hiya, Louise.
02:59Hi, Colin.
02:59Now, you love to travel as well, but you bring back magnets from everywhere you go.
03:04Now, that is a really underrated obsession, that, because I think you get one, then you get two.
03:09Before you know it, your house is full of them.
03:11How many?
03:12Over 100.
03:13No, that's crazy talk.
03:15How big's your fridge?
03:16It's a double American fridge, yeah.
03:18And I'm running out of room as well now.
03:20Right.
03:21So did you really need a fridge that big, or did you just buy it for the magnets?
03:25I think, yeah, I think I had a big fridge and thought, I need to cover that.
03:29Lovely stuff.
03:30We'll get on with the game.
03:31So, Crono and Louise, best of luck to both of you.
03:36All right, let's see if you can make it stick.
03:38Let's start with these letters.
03:39Afternoon, Rachel.
03:40Afternoon, Corrado.
03:41May I have a consonant, please?
03:43Start today with L.
03:45And another?
03:48H.
03:48And another?
03:50R.
03:52A vowel?
03:54A.
03:54Another vowel?
03:56I.
03:58Consonant?
04:00T.
04:02And a vowel?
04:04E.
04:06And a consonant?
04:08S.
04:09And a vowel, please.
04:13Lastly, U.
04:14At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:17On average, on average.
04:28First of all, we'll be Second of all.
04:47Right, Crono.
04:48Seven.
04:49Seven.
04:49What start, Louise?
04:50Seven.
04:51Brilliant.
04:52What have you got, Crono?
04:52Hustler.
04:53Hustler.
04:54He's hustling his way to seven points.
04:56And yourself, Louise?
04:57Realist.
04:57And a realist gets seven points as well.
05:00Very good.
05:00The hustler and the realist.
05:02Off to a great start.
05:03What about Dictionary Corner?
05:04Yeah, a couple of eights.
05:05Yes.
05:06Halliers.
05:07Halliers.
05:08Nice.
05:08And thesauri.
05:09Right, seven points each as we get on with it.
05:12And you're picking these letters, Louise.
05:14Hi, Rachel.
05:15Hi, Louise.
05:15Can I have a consonant, please?
05:18You can indeed.
05:19R.
05:20And a vowel.
05:21O.
05:23And a consonant.
05:25M.
05:26And a vowel.
05:28E.
05:29And a consonant.
05:31S.
05:32And another.
05:34T.
05:36And a vowel.
05:38O.
05:40And a consonant.
05:42Y.
05:43And a final consonant, please.
05:45A final S.
05:47And 30 seconds.
05:48And 30 seconds.
06:19Interesting letters, those, Louise.
06:20How many?
06:21I'll try a seven.
06:22OK.
06:23And Crono?
06:24I'll stick with six.
06:25What's a six?
06:26Stormed.
06:27Stormed.
06:28Louise.
06:29Mutors.
06:31Yes.
06:32A lawyer, for example, who argues a case in a court of justice.
06:36Or simply a person who engages in discussion.
06:38Well done.
06:39That's brilliant.
06:41APPLAUSE
06:42Brilliant stuff.
06:43Levi, what can we add?
06:45Yeah, we had a couple of sevens.
06:46My best one here is oysters.
06:49Yeah, it's beautiful.
06:50Oysters.
06:50And you can turn that round a little bit and have stories with the E, as in top story.
06:54Floors of the building.
06:55Thank you very much.
06:57OK, numbers for the first time today.
06:59Crono, you're choosing.
07:00May I have one large and five small, please?
07:02Yeah, not deviating.
07:03You're sticking with your one from the top.
07:05Five little ones.
07:06Thank you, Crono.
07:06First numbers of the day are 10, 2, 4, 7, 7.
07:14And the large one, 75.
07:15And you need to reach the target, 780.
07:18780, numbers up.
07:21MUSIC PLAYS
07:52780, Crono.
07:53780.
07:54Louise.
07:55780.
07:56Yes, well done.
07:56Nice and straightforward.
07:57Off you go, champ.
07:587 minus 4 is 3.
08:00Yeah.
08:01That's 75.
08:0278.
08:03Times 10, 70.
08:04Straightforward enough, that one.
08:06And Arlo?
08:07Exactly the same.
08:10Nice.
08:11APPLAUSE
08:13Straightforward with 10-point seats.
08:15Let's get our tea-time teaser.
08:16It's large mix, large mix.
08:19It's not about the drum, it's about the cymbal.
08:21It's not about the drum, it's about the cymbal.
08:31MUSIC PLAYS
08:40Welcome back.
08:41It's not about the cymbal, it's about the cymbal, lexigram.
08:44Lexigram.
08:45Susie, something like a cymbal that represents a word, is that right?
08:50Yes.
08:50Absolutely.
08:51And you use them particularly when you're language learning.
08:56So you will find, you know, particularly...
08:58I remember from my old French textbooks, you will find this little symbol
09:00and they just push you along.
09:01They're like little emojis sometimes.
09:03Thank you very much.
09:04Right.
09:05Let's have a look at the scores.
09:06Louise Williamson, our challenger, has 24 chrono.
09:09Our champion has 17.
09:11And, Louise, it's your letters.
09:12Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:14Thank you, Louise.
09:16G.
09:18And a vowel?
09:20A.
09:21And a consonant?
09:23L.
09:25And a vowel?
09:26E.
09:28And a consonant?
09:30N.
09:31And a consonant?
09:33P.
09:34And a vowel?
09:36U.
09:38And a consonant?
09:39D.
09:40And a final vowel, please.
09:43And a final I.
09:45Thank you, Rich.
09:47Thank you, Rich.
10:17That will do us, Louise.
10:19I'll stick with an eight.
10:21All right, chrono.
10:23I'll try with an eight then.
10:24OK.
10:25Both written down, yes?
10:26Excellent.
10:27Louise, the eight?
10:28Pleading.
10:29Pleading.
10:30And chrono?
10:31Peddling.
10:32Well, let's just check both of those first.
10:34Are you happy?
10:35I can't accept peddling, I'm afraid, because for British English, you need two Ls.
10:40And peddling with one L is US English, which we don't allow.
10:44So was there a nine in there, Levi Roots?
10:47No, not at all.
10:48We couldn't find anything on them pleading, yeah?
10:51Yeah.
10:51Excellent.
10:52Louise, you extend your lead.
10:5332-17.
10:55Long way to go, as chrono knows, and it's your letters.
10:58May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:00Thank you, chrono.
11:00And another.
11:03R.
11:06A vowel.
11:07E.
11:09A vowel.
11:10A.
11:11Consonant.
11:13P.
11:15Consonant.
11:16T.
11:18And a vowel.
11:20I.
11:21Consonant.
11:23W.
11:25And a consonant, please.
11:28Lastly, D.
11:29Half a minute.
11:32Half a minute.
11:33Half a minute.
11:36Half a minute.
11:38Half a minute.
11:39Half a minute.
11:41Half a minute.
11:41Half a minute.
11:41Half a minute.
11:42Half a minute.
11:43Half a minute.
11:43Half a minute.
11:44Half a minute.
11:46Half a minute.
11:56Half a minute.
12:01That's time up.
12:03Crono? Seven.
12:04And Louise? Seven.
12:06Crono? Parties.
12:08Yes, and for you, Louise? Praised.
12:10And praised. So we're having parties, we're praising.
12:13What else are we doing, Levi?
12:14It sounds like two words, but one for eight, a wiretaps.
12:18A wiretaps, FBI territory.
12:20Exactly, yes, surveillance, particularly listening devices,
12:22particularly on a phone.
12:24So that will give you an eight.
12:25And traipse, which I think you love traipsing.
12:28That's two eights in there.
12:30As we get back to the numbers, Louise,
12:33we don't know what your tactics are yet.
12:34It's your first time picking.
12:36Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel?
12:38You can indeed. Two large, four little.
12:41Coming up.
12:42And the four small ones for this round.
12:44Two, three, three, ten.
12:48A large one's 50 and 25.
12:51And the target for them, 661.
12:536-1, numbers up.
13:256-6-1, the target, Louise.
13:276-5-6.
13:296-5-6 puts you five away.
13:32Chance, Crono?
13:33Not even close.
13:35OK.
13:35It swings back the other way.
13:38Seven points if you're there, Louise.
13:41OK, so 50 times 10 plus 3.
13:4510 plus 3, 13, and times them together, 650.
13:48And then three times 2 by 6, and add them on.
13:51Three times 2, 6, 5, 6.
13:53Simple, eh?
13:54Five away.
13:55I bet you didn't think you were getting seven points there, but you did.
13:58Now, Rachel, 6-6-1, did you get there?
14:00Yes.
14:01Well, I got to the same point as Louise with the 650.
14:04But then you can say 25 minus 3 is 22.
14:08Divide that by 2 for 11.
14:10And add it on here for 6-6-1.
14:11Brilliant.
14:14Look at that.
14:16Louise, our challenger, 46 plus 24.
14:19As we break to have a chat with Levi Roots for the last time this week.
14:23I've got a Levi Roots checklist every time you're in Dictionary Corner.
14:27Yes, yes, absolutely.
14:28Caribbean, check.
14:29We've done that.
14:30Yes.
14:30Great food?
14:31Yeah.
14:31Check.
14:32Done that.
14:33Bit of music?
14:34Done that.
14:35Bit of sport?
14:36Done that.
14:36We haven't done Brixton.
14:37Yeah, I feel like I'm coming home every time I'm coming.
14:39Yeah, yeah.
14:40And I love my hometown and I love talking about it.
14:42But we have our own currency in £5, £10 and £20,
14:47which actually goes around in the community three times more than the national currency,
14:52which is absolutely brilliant.
14:54And, you know, it's great to see Brixton, that small little place,
14:58has just got his own money.
15:00But more about Brixton, the area is identified in the London plan
15:04as one of the 35 major centres in Greater London.
15:08Brixton has given us a mayor of London in Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2008,
15:15a prime minister in...
15:17Do you know what?
15:1990s...
15:19I feel like I'm going to make...
15:20It's not Blair, is it?
15:21No, not at all.
15:23They wouldn't...
15:23It wouldn't come from Brixton, surely.
15:25John Major.
15:26No.
15:271990 to 1997.
15:29And some amazing icons in David Bowie and Sharon Osbourne.
15:33Wow.
15:34Sharon Osbourne was born in Brixton.
15:36Yeah.
15:37Absolutely, which she told me about when I was in the Big Brother house with her.
15:40And, of course, dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, to name but a few.
15:44Brixton Market, iconic, which is now known as Brixton Village.
15:48The Tate Library, which was built in 1893,
15:52founded by Sir Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle Sugar,
15:55was one of the first free public libraries open in the capital.
16:00Brixton is just the most amazing place.
16:02And having some money, my God, that is an amazing change,
16:05from a place that had to take in two riots
16:08in order for people to actually start to come to Brixton.
16:11It's an amazing place.
16:12Well done.
16:13Thank you, mate.
16:17All right, back to the game.
16:19A lot of catching up to do chrono.
16:20It begins now.
16:21It's your letters.
16:23May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:24Thank you, Connie.
16:25V.
16:26And another.
16:28N.
16:29A vowel.
16:31E.
16:33Another vowel.
16:51And here we go again.
17:27Crono?
17:28Just a five.
17:29Louise?
17:30Um, six.
17:31Going to try a six, OK.
17:32The five, Crono?
17:33Paven.
17:34OK, P-A-V-E-N.
17:36And Louise?
17:37Apnea.
17:38Apnea.
17:39Yes, sleep apnea,
17:41which is the temporary stopping of breathing.
17:43When you sleep, there's no paven, unfortunately.
17:46That's not in the dictionary.
17:47But, yeah, apnea, sleep apnea, very good indeed.
17:49What else do we have, Levi?
17:50Just a couple of the sixes.
17:52Best one for me is penman.
17:54And a penman, just a gri...
17:56Is it just a great writer?
17:57Yeah, just a...
17:58Well, not just a really great one,
17:59but a writer, like a clerk,
18:01somebody who writes on behalf of others, particularly.
18:03Yeah.
18:03All right.
18:04Thank you very much.
18:04There you go.
18:05Well, it gets even better, doesn't it,
18:07for Louise, and you're picking these letters.
18:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:10Thank you, Louise.
18:34And we'll finish with another consonant, please.
18:38Finish with R.
18:39And start the clock.
19:10We'll see you next time.
19:10Louise? Seven. Seven from you and Crono? Seven as well. Well done to you steady in
19:16that ship, Louise. Trailed. Trailed, yes. Same. There you go. Two trailed for seven
19:22points each. Susie and Levi talk to me. Yeah, an eight is there in red tails. Red
19:29tails. Yes, birds with reddish tails and particularly in the US and all various
19:34fish that have a reddish tail. Actually in the US it's often the red-tailed hawk.
19:3928 points in it now. Crono interesting because you played it very safe with the
19:45numbers so far. Is this the time you're going to take a chance or just try and
19:48bank ten points? I've got to try six more. Yeah, I think it's a good decision. You've
19:53got to gamble at this stage. Six little ones for your life and they are ten, six,
20:00five, five, nine and another six. Could be tricky. Target 803. 803. Numbers up.
20:09We have to find this the next episode. The fact about this issue is new.
20:12ở addition to your life and everyacon.com film in your book, that's not all,
20:22..on sef.rye tmosc..Car
20:37..that's
20:39what I'm feeling. The fantastic-
20:39linen... ..and this
20:398-0-3, the target.
20:42Crono?
20:43Um, 7-9-6.
20:467-9-6.
20:46Not fully written down.
20:47Not fully written down.
20:487-9-6, not fully written down, which is seven away.
20:51Louise?
20:52No, I didn't get it.
20:53OK, so the gamble could work to a certain extent here
20:57to get you five points back.
20:58Off you go, sir.
20:58Um, nine times six is 54.
21:02Yes.
21:03And then five times five is 25.
21:07And then add them together is 79.
21:0979.
21:09And times the 10, and add the six.
21:127-9-6, the second six, yep.
21:15Well done.
21:15A really hard-earned five points.
21:17I was sweating her, let alone you.
21:19Let's go to, uh, to Rachel.
21:228-0-3, how did you get to that?
21:24Well, if you say 9 times 6 is 54,
21:2810 plus 5 is 15,
21:31times those together for 810,
21:33and take the second six for one away,
21:36but you guessed it, this one was impossible.
21:38Wow.
21:38One away is all you could have done.
21:39At 23 points of difference,
21:41still six rounds to play today.
21:44Our champion really under the cost,
21:45but fighting back.
21:47And your last Tea Time teaser of the week
21:48is she fault.
21:50She fault.
21:51She served another double fault
21:53because she's rushing the shot.
21:55She served another double fault
21:56because she's rushing the shot.
22:17she's hasteful, she's hasteful.
22:21with nothing but aces so far from her challenger,
22:23Louise Williamson,
22:25but it's not game-setting match yet.
22:27Not against such a great champion in chrono.
22:29Six rounds to go.
22:31Louise, your letters.
22:32Can I have a consonant please, Rachel?
22:34Thank you, Louise.
22:36W
22:36And a vowel?
22:38O
22:39And another vowel?
22:41I
22:42And a consonant?
22:44D
22:45And another?
22:47M
22:48And a vowel?
22:50O
22:51O
22:52And a consonant?
22:53C
22:54C
22:54And a vowel?
22:58U
22:58And a consonant, please.
23:02And a final D.
23:03Good luck.
23:05Good luck.
23:35Louise? I've just got four. A four and chrono. Four as well.
23:39Four as well. That'll do, you'll take the points and we'll be as you were.
23:43So, Louise? Doom. Doom.
23:46Wood. Doom and wood, no worries there, we don't need to check those.
23:50What have you got, Levi? Yeah, we've found a couple of ones,
23:53particularly a six, mucoid. Mucoid, to do with mucus? Yes. Yes.
23:58Erm, so that's the not very pleasant word, but it's a six.
24:01Much more beautiful word, which is a five is duomo in Italian cathedral.
24:06Yeah, really difficult, but that one, six, is fantastic.
24:09Sticks in the back of the throat as we get back to the letters and chrono.
24:13May I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, chrono. R.
24:17And another? C. A vowel. O. A consonant. T. A vowel.
24:28E. Consonant. S. A vowel. I. A consonant. Q. And a vowel, please.
24:45And a final O. All right. Countdown, everybody.
24:55141, 10, 10.
24:56Magnificent.
25:00All right.
25:18All right.
25:21Crono, give me a number.
25:22Just a seven.
25:23A seven, and Louise?
25:24Seven.
25:25Seven as well, very good indeed.
25:26Crono?
25:27Scooter.
25:28A scooter, I didn't spot that.
25:29And Louise?
25:30Scooter.
25:30We've got a scooter too.
25:32Yep.
25:33Let's get on our bike then over the dictionary corner.
25:35What can we add in there, Levi?
25:37Couldn't beat sevens, but cooties is a nine.
25:39Yes, body lice.
25:41Gruesome, but good for the points.
25:42Well, listen, you can redeem yourself now
25:44with hopefully slightly less grisly origins of words.
25:48We had a nice email from Maggie in the West Midlands
25:50who asked about the origins of various phrases, actually,
25:53but including not on your Nelly,
25:55which is such a quintessentially British phrase, isn't it?
25:58Not on your Nelly, not on your life.
26:00But I'm going to start with Nelly, the name itself,
26:04because Nell or Nelly, which is usually short for Eleanor,
26:07sometimes for Helen as well,
26:09has had a bit of a rough ride in English.
26:11And you could possibly blame Nell Gwynne,
26:15who is most famous for being the mistress of King Charles II,
26:19but actually she was so much more than that.
26:21She was a great comic actress, apparently,
26:24according to Samuel Pepys,
26:25and she was a real celebrity in the Restoration era.
26:29But, of course, Charles II said,
26:31let not poor Nelly starve.
26:33Those were supposed to be his dying words.
26:36And perhaps it kind of contributed to the idea
26:38of Nelly or Nell being sort of slightly hard done by
26:42and at the kind of lower end of the pecking order.
26:45And so it came to be used particularly for someone of low birth,
26:48for servants particularly.
26:49You would find Nelly is a fairly generic name
26:53for a lowly servant.
26:55So Nelly not had such a good ride.
26:58Not on your Nelly, I suppose, sort of similar.
27:00But there's a lovely bit of rhyming slang in here, actually,
27:03because it's actually, from the original phrase,
27:07not on your Nelly duff.
27:09And Nelly duff was just a name.
27:11We don't know who the individual was.
27:13We do know that duff was an old name for a pudding,
27:16so plum duff is a variant on dough.
27:19So it's a kind of suety-type pudding.
27:21But not on your Nelly, Nelly duff puff.
27:25And that puff was the puff of life.
27:27So not on your Nelly duff, not on your puff,
27:29not on your life, essentially, was the same thing,
27:32the breath of life.
27:34So that's where that one comes from.
27:35But I think we need to give Nelly a bit of a lift,
27:38because Nell Penelope, I think it's a really beautiful name,
27:40actually, we should hold on to.
27:41Yes, indeed. Thank you very much.
27:43You're welcome.
27:45And thank you to Baggy Maggie for that email.
27:47We really appreciate it.
27:48Right, four rounds left of today's countdown.
27:51Let's see, 23 points in it.
27:54So for the first time, Crono's got it all to do.
27:56But Louise, you're choosing these letters.
27:59Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:01Thank you, Louise.
28:02T.
28:02And a vowel.
28:04E.
28:05And a consonant.
28:07N.
28:09And a consonant.
28:11G.
28:12And a vowel.
28:13I.
28:15And a consonant.
28:16S.
28:18And another.
28:20D.
28:21And another consonant.
28:24H.
28:25And a final vowel, please.
28:28A final E.
28:29Kind of.
28:31I.
28:53I'm going to go.
29:02That will have to do's, Louise?
29:04Eight.
29:05Crono?
29:06Eight as well.
29:06Well done, both of you.
29:07Same word, let's find out.
29:08Louise?
29:09Heedings.
29:10Heedings.
29:11Seething.
29:12And seething.
29:14Seething, very good indeed.
29:16Unfortunately, there is no heeding as a noun that we can put the S onto,
29:19so I have to disallow that one.
29:21Sorry, Louise.
29:21What a moment.
29:23Crono looks very happy indeed.
29:24Eight points in the bag.
29:26Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
29:27Yeah, an eight round here.
29:30Ingested.
29:31Very good.
29:31Yes, heed.
29:32OK, excellent.
29:33Well, listen, let's concentrate on what is a cracking game this Friday afternoon.
29:37A countdown.
29:3815 points in it now, closing the gap, our champion.
29:42But running out of road, three rounds left.
29:45Crono, last letters.
29:47May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:48Thank you, Crono.
29:49T.
29:50And a vowel.
29:52I.
29:54Consonant.
29:55G.
29:58Consonant.
30:17And lastly, M.
30:20All right, last letters.
30:48MUSIC PLAYS
30:52Big round, there's Crono.
30:53Seven.
30:54Louise.
30:54Seven.
30:55Very good. Crono.
30:56Butties.
30:57Butties. Is it a good chip, Bottee and Louise?
31:00And Butties.
31:01All right. Anything else?
31:03Butties and Gutties is best for us, yeah?
31:05Yeah, just our two.
31:06What a great round. What a great round.
31:08OK, 15 points, the difference.
31:10And so, yet again, we find ourselves with so much riding
31:14in the last numbers round, and our challenger, Louise,
31:17is in control.
31:18One from the top, please, Rachel.
31:20You want to make this as easy and pain-free as possible.
31:23Let's see.
31:25Crono doesn't.
31:26Final numbers.
31:27Teapot resting on this.
31:28Six, three, six, nine, seven, and 50.
31:34And the target, 693.
31:37Six, nine, three.
31:39Numbers up.
31:40El Micron.
31:57¶¶
32:106-9-3 was the target. Louise?
32:13No, I've lost it.
32:15Crono?
32:15I think I got...
32:17Need an answer.
32:186-9-6.
32:196-9-6. Three away for seven points to take us to a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:25Crono, off you go.
32:26Sorry, I lost it.
32:27Oh, he's lost it.
32:28There you go.
32:29And in that one moment, we crown a new champion in Louise Williamson.
32:34Love it.
32:356-9-3.
32:36I saw you working feverishly in this, so did you get there?
32:38Lots of dead ends, but if you say 6 plus 6 is 12, 50 plus 7 is 57,
32:47times them together for 684 and add on the 9-6-9-3.
32:52Well done.
32:54APPLAUSE
32:55Great.
32:55Right, we'll save all the anointments of new champions in praise for Crono for just one more round.
33:01Because you know it's coming now.
33:02It's not crucial, but it's always important.
33:05And it's the last one of the week.
33:06Crono and Louise, fingers on the buzzers.
33:09Let's reveal.
33:10Friday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:23Off you go, Louise.
33:25Resending.
33:25Let's return that one to sender.
33:28Yes.
33:30APPLAUSE
33:32Well, you didn't nail that in, that's for sure.
33:3487, your final score.
33:36Our new champion is Louise Williamson.
33:39APPLAUSE
33:40Teapot in the bag for the Norfolk nurse.
33:43Hey, Crono, it makes sense, because you said to me before your first appearance,
33:47you preferred half marathons to marathons and you won four.
33:50That's about right.
33:51Yeah.
33:52That's your pace.
33:53LAUGHTER
33:54Yeah.
33:55Absolute joy to have you here all this week.
33:57Thank you, Nick.
33:58APPLAUSE
34:01And Levi Roots, we are done with you for another week,
34:04but we know we will see your face here again.
34:07Keep the seat warm.
34:08Yes.
34:09We will do.
34:10Well done, Susie, have a good weekend.
34:12Yeah, you too, have a great one.
34:13And breaking news, Rachel Riley, before we go any further,
34:16making his debut in Dictionary Corner on Monday,
34:20a little bit of a Channel 4 crossover.
34:22People will think it's 7 o'clock at night,
34:24Krishnan Gurimurthy is with us.
34:26See you Monday.
34:27Can't wait for that.
34:27Hold the front page.
34:28We'll see you back here at your usual time.
34:30You can count on us.
34:32You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:37You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:41We'll see you next time.
34:44Bye.
34:49That was for you.
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